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multi-use (adj.)[multi-use 词源字典]: 1952, from multi- + use (n.).[multi-use etymology, multi-use origin, 英语词源]
multicellular (adj.): also multi-cellular, 1857, from multi- + cellular.
multicolored (adj.): also multi-colored, multi-coloured, 1845, from multi- + colored.
multicultural (adj.): also multi-cultural, 1941, from multi- + cultural. At first often in a Canadian context. Picked up by U.S. education writers 1980s; widespread popular use from c. 1990.
multiculturalism (n.): 1965, from multicultural + -ism.
multidimensional (adj.): also multi-dimensional, 1884, from multi- + dimensional (see dimension).
multidisciplinary (adj.): also multi-disciplinary, 1949, from multi- + disciplinary.
multifaceted (adj.): also multi-faceted, 1870, from multi- + faceted (see facet).
multifactorial (adj.): also multi-factorial, 1920, from multi- + factorial.
multifarious (adj.): 1590s, from Latin multifarius "manifold," from multifariam (adv.) "on many sides; in many places or parts," perhaps originally "that which can be expressed in many ways," from multi- "many" (see multi-) + -fariam, adverbial suffix (compare bifariam "in two places"), from PIE *dwi-dhe- "making two." Related: Multifariously; multifariousness. Earlier forms of the word in English were multiphary (adv.); multipharie (adj.), both mid-15c.
multiflora (n.): 1829, from Latin multiflora (rosa), from fem. of multiflorus, from multi- (see multi-) + flor-, stem of flos (see florid).
multifloral (adj.): 1875, from Late Latin multiflorus (see multiflora) + -al (1).
multiform (adj.): also multi-form, c. 1600, from French multiforme or Latin multiformis "many-shaped, manifold," from multus "much, many" (see multi-) + forma "shape" (see form (n.)).
multiformity (n.): 1580s, from Late Latin multiformitas, from multiformis; see multi- + form (n.).
multilateral (adj.): also multi-lateral, 1690s, in geometry, "having many sides," from multi- + Latin latus (genitive lateris) "side" (see oblate (n.)). Figurative use by 1748. Meaning "pertaining to three or more countries" is from 1802. Related: Multilaterally.
multilateralism (n.): 1928, from multilateral + -ism.
multilayer (adj.): also multi-layer, 1923, from multi- + layer (n.).
multilevel (adj.): also multi-level, 1952, from multi- + level.
multilineal (adj.): also multi-lineal, 1800, from multi- + lineal.
multilingual (adj.): also multi-lingual, 1838, from multi- + Latin lingua "language," literally "tongue" (see lingual). Related: Multilingually; multilingualism.